A COPD patient suffered a “horrific” death after mainline oxygen supply was connected to his urinary catheter, causing his abdomen to blow up “like a balloon”. It should have been a straightforward treat-and-discharge scenario when Stephen Herczeg presented for a urinary tract infection at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South Australia’s Woodville. But instead the ...
COPD
Oxygen misadventure leads to macabre death
By Tessa Hoffman
16 Aug 2017